FIELD SERVICE
SECTOR
Review and
republication of Scaffolding
qualifications
Reviewed
qualifications
New Zealand
Certificate in Scaffolding (Level 3) with strands in General Scaffolding, and
Suspended Scaffolding [Ref: 2361]
New Zealand
Certificate in Scaffolding (Level 4) [Ref: 2362]
Republished qualifications
National Certificate in Scaffolding
(Elementary) (Level 3) [Ref: 1352]
National
Certificate in Intermediate Scaffolding (Level 4) [Ref: 1463]
National
Certificate in Suspended Scaffolding (Level 4) [Ref: 1771]
National
Certificate in Advanced Scaffolding (Level 5) [Ref: 1772]
New
Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding (Level 5) [Ref: 2363]
The Skills Organisation (Skills) has completed the review and
republication of the qualifications listed above.
Date new versions published June
2017
Planned review date December
2020
Summary
Skills carried out the early review of the
above qualifications in response to a request on behalf of the industry from
Scaffolding, Access & Rigging New Zealand Inc.
A review group was formed in December 2016 to
reflect key stakeholders across the industry and meetings were held in the
first quarter of 2017. The group
adjusted the qualification to ensure it is fit for purpose. The suggested changes to the Level 3 qualification
impacted on the Level 4 qualification, and therefore this was also
reviewed. Consultation on the updated
qualifications was carried out both online and via the stakeholder review
group. As a result of this review, the
New Zealand Certificates at Level 3 and Level 4 were replaced by three new
certificates.
The previously replaced National Certificates in Scaffolding and the New
Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding (Level 5) [Ref: 2363] have been republished
to reflect changes made because of this review and to allow providers
sufficient time to update programmes and transition candidates to the New
Zealand qualifications.
The related Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) document was also
reviewed over the same period.
Developers of unit standard-based programmes leading to the above
qualifications should refer to CMR 0003 for information on any specific
assessment and moderation requirements.
Main changes resulting from the review
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Two New
Zealand Certificates were reviewed and replaced by three New Zealand
Certificates.
·
The
qualification pathway now recognises dual entry into the Level 3 qualification
for those who do simple scaffolding, and into the Level 4 qualification for
those who do both simple and complex scaffolding.
·
Graduate
outcomes were reworded to better reflect graduate capabilities and illustrate
the relationship across the two qualifications.
·
The
National Certificates have been republished with a new last date of entry to
programmes of 30 September 2017.
·
The New
Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding (Level 5) [Ref: 2363] has been republished
to include updated titles and transition information for the reviewed New
Zealand qualifications, Level 3 and 4.
New Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding (Level 3) with strands in
General scaffolding, and Suspended scaffolding [Ref: 2361]
New Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding (General) (Level 3) [Ref: 3708]
New Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding (Proprietary Suspended) (Level 3)
[Ref: 3709]
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Review category |
C |
See Key to Qualification Review
Categories at the end of report |
Changes to
structure and content
·
The New
Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding (Level 3) [Ref: 2361] has been replaced by
two new qualifications due to the differences in strand size and content. Both new qualifications contain the same core
outcomes and each contains content that was previously strand specific.
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Credit
values have also been adjusted as a result of review to better reflect the time
required for candidates to be deemed competent.
New Zealand
Certificate in Scaffolding
(Level 4) [Ref: 2362]
New Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding (Trade) (Level 4) [Ref: 3710]
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Review category |
C |
See Key to Qualification Review
Categories at the end of report |
Changes to
structure and content
·
New
Zealand Certificate in Scaffolding (Level 4) [Ref: 2362] has been replaced by a
new qualification that is larger in size and also includes additional new industry
relevant content.
·
The
title has been adjusted to include the descriptor (Trade).
·
Credits
were increased to 190 from 95.
Transition
The last date of entry into programmes leading to the replaced New Zealand qualifications, is 31 December 2017. The last date of assessment is 31 December 2019, set in alignment with the expiring national qualifications.
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced national qualifications is now 31 December 2017.
The last date to meet the requirements of the replaced national qualifications is 31 December 2019, when the qualifications will be discontinued.
Key to Qualification Review Categories
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Category A The qualification is published as a new
version with the same NZQF ID |
Changes are made to SSB name, contact
details or purpose statement |
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No change is made to title, rules or
components of the qualification |
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No transition arrangements are required |
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Category B The qualification is published as a new
version with the same NZQF ID |
Changes are made to title, rules or
components |
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The new version of the qualification
recognises a similar skill set to that recognised by the previous version |
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The SSB is confident that people awarded the
new or previous version are comparable in terms of competence |
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Transition arrangements are required if
candidates must gain additional/different credits for the new version |
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Category C A new (replacement) qualification is
published with new NZQF ID |
Significant changes are made to the
qualification in terms of components, structure, type or level |
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The SSB views people with the replacement
qualification as being significantly different in terms of competence from
those with the replaced qualification |
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Transition arrangements are required |
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Transition may be limited to phase-out dates |
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Category D Qualification will expire. There is no replacement qualification |
Qualification is no longer required by
industry |
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The
qualification is designated as expiring and a last date for meeting the
qualification requirements is set |